Our number of visitors has increased manifold at the institute, and we came to find out that The Institute is now featured in the Second Life Showcase as well as the website’s Destination Guide!
We have been asked several times whether we are officially affiliated with either the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI) or The Objectivist Center (TOC) – our official answer is that we are not officially affiliated with either institution as far as being sponsored by them goes- the Institute is a labor of love (a love for values), but ideologically we align ourselves with The Ayn Rand Institute, Dr. Leonard Peikoff and Dr. Yaron Brook.
We consider ARI to be the institution that is the most faithful representation of Rand’s philosophy, and we could dedicate many pages to pointing out the reasons for which we find David Kelley’s position to be inconsistent, but both Kadar and I consider that one of the best sources for this material would be Dr. Diana Hsieh’s blog on “False Friends of Objectivism.” Once a member and supporter of TOC, Dr. Hsieh and her husband Paul have written some solid articles on the subject as well as provide a generous number of documents – including some personal anecdotes with Nathaniel and Barbara Branden. The site is a good place to start if you are curious.
Here we have an image from the event we held tonight: An open-topic get-together. We had a good number of individuals coming and leaving, so that our original 8 to 10pm time slot was extended to midnight. All in all, a good night!
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